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The Moon on Monday, October 22, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on October 22, 1990Waxing Crescent

Monday 22 October 1990405,798 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 22, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.3% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
405,798 km252,151 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1990 is on Friday, November 2, 1990 at 21:48 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 18, 1990 at 15:37 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 18, 199015:37
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 26, 199020:27

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Monday, October 22, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 18, 1990 to the new moon of November 17, 1990, a cycle of 29.73 days.